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THE MAKER IS PROBABLY RICHARD MIDGLEY WHO IS RECORDED WORKING IN EXETER IN 1771.
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SIGNED RICHARD MIDGLEY, CIRCA 1770
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT LONGCASE CLOCK
SIGNED RICHARD MIDGLEY, CIRCA 1770
THE CIRCULAR DIAL WITH SILVERED CHAPTER RING WITH PIERCED BLUED STEEL HANDS, THE FOLIATE ENGRAVED CENTER WITH SUBSIDIARY SECONDS RING AND CALENDAR APERTURE, MASK-AND-FOLIATE SPANDRELS, PAINTED ROLLING MOONPHASE IN THE ARCH, THE FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND RACK STRIKE ON A BELL, THE ARCHED HOOD WITH SWAN'S NECK CRESTING TERMINATING IN ROSETTES ABOVE A LATER FOLIATE-PAINTED EGLOMIS PANEL, ABOVE A GLAZED DOOR FLANKED BY FLUTED COLUMNS, THE TRUNK WITH BLIND-FRETWORK PANEL ABOVE AN ARCHED PANELLED DOOR FLANKED BY FURTHER COLUMNS, ON LATER BRACKET FEET, PARCEL GILDING LATER
92IN. (234CM.) HIGH
SIGNED RICHARD MIDGLEY, CIRCA 1770
THE CIRCULAR DIAL WITH SILVERED CHAPTER RING WITH PIERCED BLUED STEEL HANDS, THE FOLIATE ENGRAVED CENTER WITH SUBSIDIARY SECONDS RING AND CALENDAR APERTURE, MASK-AND-FOLIATE SPANDRELS, PAINTED ROLLING MOONPHASE IN THE ARCH, THE FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND RACK STRIKE ON A BELL, THE ARCHED HOOD WITH SWAN'S NECK CRESTING TERMINATING IN ROSETTES ABOVE A LATER FOLIATE-PAINTED EGLOMIS PANEL, ABOVE A GLAZED DOOR FLANKED BY FLUTED COLUMNS, THE TRUNK WITH BLIND-FRETWORK PANEL ABOVE AN ARCHED PANELLED DOOR FLANKED BY FURTHER COLUMNS, ON LATER BRACKET FEET, PARCEL GILDING LATER
92IN. (234CM.) HIGH